Town government · Carroll County, NH

Brookfield's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Brookfield took in $2.7 million and spent $995 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Town taxes93%State tax money4.7%Fines and other1.8%

What stands out

92%

of Brookfield's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 52%.

Town taxes93%

Property tax
92%$2.4 million
Other taxes
1.8%$49 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$34 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$15 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

State tax money4.7%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state
4.7%$124 thousand

Fines and other1.8%

Interest, rents and other
1.8%$49 thousand

Where it goes

Sent to other local governments37%Roads, transit and parking28%Running the government and other costs24%Water, sewer, trash and utilities7.6%Parks, recreation and libraries1.8%All other spending1.7%

What stands out

37%

of Brookfield's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Sent to other local governments
37%$368 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$368 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
28%$275 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$275 thousand
Running the government and other costs
24%$241 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsGovernment buildings; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 3 more
  • Government buildings$67 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$61 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$54 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$51 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$8 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
7.6%$76 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$76 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.8%$18 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$14 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$4 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
1.0%$10 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsInspections and regulation and courts and legal services
  • Inspections and regulation$6 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$4 thousand
Social services
0.4%$4 thousand
What's in social servicesWelfare institutions
  • Welfare institutions$4 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.2%$2 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2 thousand
Interest on debt
0.1%$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Brookfield. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Town of Brookfield itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.